Birds to See in Belfast in September
76 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
76 bird species on our list for Belfast are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, European Herring Gull and Magpie. New this month: Greenfinch, Brent Goose, Red-breasted Merganser and Eurasian Jay and 5 more.
Residents
(44)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Jun–Dec
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jun–Dec
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Summer visitors
(16)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Winter visitors
(7)Present outside the breeding season
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Feb
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Sep
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Jun–Sep
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made